 | Richard Dagley - Death - 1828 - 562 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...innings ? Guess again ! — guess ! A hundred and sixty -nine ! In spite of soaking showers, and wretched ground, where the ball would not run a yard,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Sports - 1832 - 432 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons t they were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...hundred and fortyseven ; and then they gave in, as well as they might. William Grey pressed them much to try another innings. ' There was so much chance,'... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong, expecting- the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...would not run a yard, we headed them by a hundred and fortyTIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS. «even ; and then they gave in, as well as they might. William Grey... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1841 - 856 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...might. William Grey pressed them much to try another innings. " There was so much chance," as h« courteously observed, " in cricket, that advantageous... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1841 - 688 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...where the ball would not run a yard, we headed them hy a hundred and forty-seven ; and then they gave in, as well they might. William Grey pressed them... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1846 - 684 pages
...quick, 1 and the quick for the slow. Well, we went tn. And what were our innings? Guess „•sin ! — guess! A hundred and sixty-nine! in spite of soaking showers, and wretched ïronad, where the hall would not run a yard, ••' p headed them hy a hundred and forty-seven; •... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1850 - 684 pages
...had settled all preliminaries, the match began. j ways wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, mod the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And what...sixty-nine ! in spite of soaking showers, and wretched | and then they gave in, as well they might. 1 ground, where the ball would not run a yard, *e headed... | |
 | Boys - Boys - 1880 - 362 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...might. William Grey pressed them much to try another innings. ' There was so much chance,' as he courteously observed, ' in cricket, that, advantageous... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1881 - 246 pages
...posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong ; expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And...might. William Grey pressed them much to try another innings. ' There was so much chance," as he courteously observed, ' in cricket, that, advantageous... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 192 pages
...were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. "Well, we went in. 4. And what were our innings ? Guess again ! — guess...might. William Grey pressed them much to try another innings. "There was so much chance," as he courteously observed, " in cricket, that advantageous as... | |
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Simmons's fast balls posed them completely. Poor simpletons ! they were always wrong, expecting the slow for the quick, and the quick for the slow. Well, we went in. And what were our innings ? Guess again ! — guess ! A hundred and sixty-nine ! in spite... 
